Upon review, it seems as though “mission statements” are succinct (though that begs the question as to what use they are); I’m not sure who decided a mission statement needs to be brief. Brief statements…
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Douglas Storm is a host and producer for Interchange on Bloomington, Indiana's community radio station WFHB.
"Why then do you try to 'enlarge' your mind? Subtilize it..."
Generative Apocalyptic: Same As It Ever Was
The Book of Revelation is true. Well, true enough. Well, true if you want it to be. True if you think it’s true oxide (NO) acts as a physiological mediator, activating the cialis online first…
The News Imbued with Charter Ague
Our friend and contributor Doug Martin updates us daily, bright and early, at his Facebook page, Indiana Government Exposed, as to the extent in which our public schools are being degraded, down-graded, and defunded by…
Servicing the Masters (SOP): The Daily Show and OWS
They truly were the least-toileted generation. That quote is from Jon Stewart in the show’s most recent foray into humor at the expense of thought. Take a look and then come back (sorry, I can’t…
Contest! A Trinity of Errancies to Parody
The prize to a reader who might make the following three “insights” coalesce, Errant-style. Good luck! 1 Summary and conclusion on preclinical pharmacology and toxicology: Overall, the preclinical pharmacodynamic studies have shown thatsildenafil has a…
Philosophus Agonistes: Thinking Against the State
I’ve been pondering what it is schools do and what it is I can imagine they might do instead. So you might gather from that statement that I do not agree with our current educational…
Managed Democracy and Stalinism: Education Reform From Russia, With Love.
Okay, because schools, I’ve been told, suck, and because Americans, it’s been said, are stupid, and because citizens, it seems, are unaware of the history that has brought us to this point, I will offer…
Mission: School
From a response on a local school “strategies” thread: The current mission statement for the Monroe County Community School Corporation: MISSION We commit to working with our community to deliver an appropriate and safe learning…
Seriously, Just Pay the Vig…Or Else. Schumer Earning His Keep.
Today the HT prints an AP piece that focuses on a proposal (modest?) by one of our many distrusted politicians, Charles Schumer of NY. We distrust Schumer because he is the Senator who receives the…
Drowning in Bathtubs: (Dis)Trusting Public Officials
Before we start, recall that Grover Norquist (best friends with guys like felon Jack Abramoff and moral majority manipulator Ralph Reed, reprehensible thugs of the Machiavellian political underclass), chieftain of corrupt practices masquerading as “tax…